[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 90 (Monday, May 11, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 25883] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-12391] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. 50-387 and 50-388] Pennsylvania Power and Light Company; Notice of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Commission) has issued Amendment No. 176 to Facility Operating License No. NPF-14 and Amendment No. 149 to Facility Operating License No. NPF-22 issued to Pennsylvania Power and Light Company (PP&L, the licensee), which revised the Technical Specifications (TSs) for operation of the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2, located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The amendment is effective as of the date of issuance. The amendment modified the TSs by changing the Rod Block Monitor (RBM) flow biased trip setpoints and also the RBM channel calibration frequency and allowed outage times. The application for the amendment complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations. The Commission has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Commission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in the license amendment. Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License and Opportunity for a Hearing in connection with this action was published in the Federal Register on April 11, 1997 (62 FR 17885). No request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene was filed following this notice. The Commission has prepared an Environmental Assessment related to the action and has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement. Based upon the environmental assessment, the Commission has concluded that the issuance of the amendment will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment (63 FR 24197). For further details with respect to the action see (1) the application for amendment dated November 27, 1996, and supplemented by letter dated February 12, 1997, (2) Amendment No.176 to License No. NPF-14, (3) Amendment No. 149 to License No. NPF-22, (4) the Commission's related Safety Evaluation, and (5) the Commission's Environmental Assessment. All of these items are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC, and at the local public document room located at the Osterhout Free Library, Reference Department, 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes Barre, PA 18701. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of May 1998. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Victor Nerses, Senior Project Manager, Project Directorate I-2, Division of Reactor Projects--I/II, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 98-12391 Filed 5-8-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P